Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Superdirectional acoustic system and projector
- Patent Title (中): 超声波系统和投影机
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Application No.: US11630590Application Date: 2005-06-20
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Publication No.: US08130973B2Publication Date: 2012-03-06
- Inventor: Akihito Uetake , Kinya Matsuzawa
- Applicant: Akihito Uetake , Kinya Matsuzawa
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2004-189867 20040628
- International Application: PCT/JP2005/011682 WO 20050620
- International Announcement: WO2006/001401 WO 20060105
- Main IPC: H04B3/00
- IPC: H04B3/00 ; H04R3/00 ; H04R25/00 ; H04R1/20

Abstract:
A superdirectional acoustic system for reproducing a sound signal supplied from a real sound source by using a superdirectional speaker and producing a virtual sound source in a vicinity of a sound wave reflection surface. The system includes an ultrasonic speaker, which includes an ultrasonic transducer for oscillating a sound wave in an ultrasonic frequency band, for reproducing an audio signal in a relatively medium to high frequency sound range, which is included in the sound signal supplied from the real sound source; and a low frequency sound reproducing speaker for reproducing an audio signal in a relatively low frequency sound range, which is included in the sound signal supplied from the real sound source. Sound in the medium-high frequency range is reproduced in a manner such that the sound is produced from a virtual sound source which is formed in the vicinity of the sound signal reflection surface such as a screen.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070274541A1 Superdirectional Acoustic System and Projector Public/Granted day:2007-11-29
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